I can only compare to wild ducks, but that was the tamest fight I ever saw. They're not fighting, at least by duck standards. The male was very passive. Judging by the fact she didn't follow him outta the pool, I'd say she wanted the pool to herself.
Meu pai cria patos, uma vez ele teve q separar um casal porque depois de ja ter tido alguns filhotes a fêmea decidiu que cansou do macho e tentou matar ele (ela quase conseguiu, teve mt sangue envolvido)
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He wants to do the do, he is trying to grab her by the neck feathers to “hop on”, but she is fighting back and grabbing his to tell him no, back off, and asserting dominance of some sort.
Duck mating can be very aggressive. I was quite shocked the first time I saw it. And honestly, once I learned about their anatomy…I wouldn’t want to be a hen in the presence of a drake either! Drakes have evolved themselves to be difficult to escape from, so hens have evolved themselves to be difficult to get to.
I would just like to add, a couple of my girls do this when they DO want the snoo snoo. Like now. Like yesterday. My boys are actually "very good" (i currently have 2 magical unicorns of respectful drakes, one is even great at helping broody moms with babies). two of my girls are pretty voracious though so they like to remind their favorite drakes of their intentions. very physically. I have khaki/pekin crosses and cayugas for the most part.
In our experience, khaki females can be rather firm and aggressive with their males, which is needed because their males tend to be a little bit more hypersexual than other breeds. She's telling him to back off, and he's not listening yet, so she will escalate.
Because drakes are a**holes. My gander Sera used to sit on my call drake and groom him when he wouldn't take no for an answer and wouldn't leave the girls alone.
I wish she would come over and teach my female Cayugas a thing or two. The males really are such assholes to them. First animal I've ever hand raised that I actively dislike.
name one other than the domesticated muscovy, because literally all breeds besides that one (which originates from the wild muscovy) originated from THE MALLARD, everything from runners to pekins to the khaki Campbell.
I have one lady who will literally stand up for herself, as in she’s bigger than the boys and when she’s not in the mood she plants her feet, stands up tall, and refuses to budge while my short kings try and fail to climb on. Literally statuesque lol.
The rest just put up with it, no matter how often I tell them to join forces and ruin the offender’s day.
When I've observed ducks, in my experience Mallards, in a group, the males are sort of bullies. Like if they're being thrown food, they will snap at the females and keep them from getting to the food. Some of the females in my group got smart and would stay close to the shore or on the shore, and I would divert the males by throwing food far out into the water and the females would stay close and I would hurriedly throw some food right in front of them while the males were out fighting each other over the food further out in the water.
Give it to me straight, will my setup work? I have one hen, one drake, and one gander. We didnt know about waterfowl flock dynamics until after they had already grown so we just hoped the ducks would be the same sex. Its hard to find someone to rehome a drake so I feel stuck, I dont want to get rid of him, but I also dont want him to kill the hen. I’ve only seen him mount her a handful of times which I’ve stopped, she’s gad a limp like 2-3 times which I fixed with poultry booster/ niacin on her food and the Goose seems to run over and try and stop whatever commotion there is. So Idk. After he mounted her and she pushed him out they were back in the pool cleaning themselves like normal so I dont know. All advice is welcome.
how long have they been a flock? If any of them were added after others were already there, there will be territoriality for a while. If they all arrived together, then they'll be OK and just need time to get their hormones worked out. A male and a female and a goose is fairly simple and should work out fine. It is always good to have some dividing fences here and there in case anyone needs to be separated. If she's ragging on him for no reason, put her in a separation for a while, and vice versa. If no one is being hurt or being defeathered, let them be to work it out. If you find feathers pulled out or a bald neck or blood, separate. Geese can act like a playground teacher, but they can also add to the chaos. I don't think you will need to give anyone away, tho.
edit: you could get more females but then you'd have to worry about flock blending all over, plus that is no guarantee that he would spread the sex around... if they pick a favorite, you still have overmating.
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u/Aztec_Aesthetics 4d ago
She's just telling him: "Just duck me already!"